Monday, April 13, 2009

Cossaks done!

I have finished my Cossacks. Well mostly, I am missing like one but maybe I will find one on ebay some day but they are pretty much finished and based. I have also finished a couple of Strelkovy platoons only Seven more to go to have a full strength Strelkovy Horde. Try and pin my Russians lol. I must also remember to have sufficient amount of Commisars.

These figs are FOW as are the rest of my Soviets. I will retake the pics of the platoon and dead markers as well as my scratch built Objective marker/HQ.

I have several stands of mgs and mortars on the paint table but am going on vacation this week so probably wont get to them till May. Enjoy

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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Hordes are a comin'

I painted these figs a while ago but wanted to share them anyways. They are the Hordes figures from the main box set. I want to get some more of these puppies lol. I don't paint eyes as they all turn out cock eyed and it doesn't really add that much for me. I did add a few things like the fallen stone on one doggie base and I added the dragon's head to the giant wolf's hand.

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My Warcaster

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Doggie 1

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Doggie 2

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Big Doggie

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Flames of War Stuff

I have been working on FOW Germans and Russians last year and need to continue to work on them. My cossaks are like halfway done. These are some tanks I will post more in the coming week. They are a mix of Old Glory and Battlefront Miniatures.

My germans are modeled after the 2nd SS Panzer Division.

Two Kompanies of PZIVs and a couple of stugs in the back

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Several Kompanies of PZIIIs

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Here we have a Ferdinand a couple of Tigers and Two Panthers as well as some support vehicles.

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Saturday, February 7, 2009

Wip Laundry/Restaurant

I have been working on this and am waiting for the RC store to restock it's balsa wood. I tried to give the building a Chinese look without going to far. I think it will fit in well with the rest of the town. You don't really see all of the detail but I put lots of cuts on it to make it more interesting.

What do y'all think so far? It will look much nicer once I paint it up. I even found a sight for chinese caligraphy but I'm not sure how much will fit.

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Saturday, January 31, 2009

New commers to Cerro Grande

Some foreign folk have arrived at Cerro Grande and are amidst construction of their new business. Here tell it's gonna be a laundry and restaurant. You kin keep lookin here fer some fotographs when they finish.

Unfortunately the RC store that carries the balsa would was out when I went so the building has three walls and no roof. I'm going to see if I can cobble together a fourth wall with the off cuts that I have. Gotta love Elmers PVA glue.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Cerro Grande gets a Livery Stable

Howdy y'all. I just got finished with the Stable last night after adding signage and trim paint. I want to add a cross arm, pulley, and rope for the hay loft. I may also put together some hay bails, loose wheels and other bits for stuff just laying around. Good hiding places for gunmen.

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This build used a ton of balsa as it was like building conjoined houses. At first I was a bit dismayed. I had initially just eyeballed a cut using visual estimating. As I sat and stared at the cut I wasn't all too happy with the estimation. I went back to the drawing board, literally.

I used the template from the old Foundry file which I believe is available in their RWNN. I find that their buildings are too small for me and my 28-30mm figures so I end up upscaling everything. Once I measured their drawing I made my own just bigger and once I was happy with that I went to town on the balsa. I also made the mistake of gluing the walls together before finishing all the doors.

This mistake affected the build since the wood broke in once place, easy repair, and in another when I did finally mount the door it was off kilter. I also tried something new by using more cereal card I made cross members for all the doors. I glued them on with the printed side out.

The longest part to the build was cutting the strip shingles but I was watching a movie, well more like listening to it.

What's next for the town? I need to order some minis. I plan on adding a gun shop, a chinese restaurant or laundry, an adobe house, out house and some other bits.

Monday, January 19, 2009

New Building for Cerro Grande

It's been a while since I posted, I was on Christmas holiday, however I am still working on things. I have my Livery Stable well underway. I just need to paint it and add a few knick nacks. I will update this post when I get it finished and take some fotos.
 
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